Director Karan Malhotra has cleared the air and said that the movie is not based on the book and has an original script.

According to reports, there were rumours doing the rounds that Karan Johar's Shuddhi, which will be directed by his Agneepath director Karan Malhotra is based on Amish Tripathi's book The immortals of Meluha.

But director Karan Malhotra has cleared the air and said that the movie is not based on the book and has an original script.

While clearing the air on the issue, Karan Johar tweeted, "For all who are asking and want to know! SHUDDHI is not an adaptation of Immortals of Meluha!" Karan tweeted.

"Shuddhi is an original story and screenplay written by my wife Ekta Pathak Malhotra and me" Malhotra later tweeted.

Karan Johar's production Shuddhi starring Hrithik Roshan is a love story. The leading lady of the film is yet to be finalised.